The record champions showed yet another dizzying dimension to their game on Matchday 23 by coming from behind to beat Wolfsburg 2-1 and extending their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to 21 points, at least for 24 hours.

It is hardly surprising, then, that Müller spoke so superlatively about life at Bayern. “In the second half, we showed the will to win, even if things might not be so exciting anymore up there at the top,” Müller said. “It’s fun – this team’s just awesome.”

Bayern were uncharacteristically off colour in the first 45 minutes and Wolfsburg capitalised, with Daniel Didavi heading them in front. The hosts held out for over an hour before Bayern’s awesomeness emerged.

“We didn’t find our rhythm and weren’t so aggressive with the ball either,” explained Müller, who is likely to return to the starting XI when Bayern pick up their UEFA Champions League campaign again with Besiktas visiting the Allianz Arena on Tuesday.

Watch:Jupp Heynckes: “Not enough urgency today”

“We didn’t play badly but we weren’t determined nor direct enough, that’s why we were 1-0 down at half-time. But in the second half we showed a totally different attitude going forward and created a lot of chances.”

It was Bayern’s 13th win in a row – a record winning streak for coach Jupp Heynckes – and while that may be an unlucky number for some, it has Bayern on course to wrap up the title before Easter. Besides, who needs to care about bad luck when you are so awesome?

Bayer Leverkusen winger Leon Bailey has refused to pledge his international future to Jamaica. Could Belgium, England or even Germany benefit?

The Kingston-born 20-year-old has represented his country of birth once at U23 level – scoring a free-kick in his hitherto only international appearance, against the Cayman Islands in March 2015 – but after a stunning start to the 2017/18 Bundesliga campaign, he says his international future could lie further afield.

“It’s been like that for years, but my opinion hasn’t changed and people have to accept that,” the attacker, who has eight goals and six assists to his name this term, told Bild. “Which country I play for is still open.”

Watch:Bailey has set the Bundesliga alight this season!

The statement is bound to pique the interest of several potential suitors: Bailey’s output makes him the league’s most productive wide man this season, ahead of Bayern Munich’s Arjen Robben and RB Leipzig’s Emil Forsberg; but who might stand to gain?

Bailey arrived at Leverkusen from Genk on the final day of the January 2017 transfer window after two years in Belgium, but with naturalised citizenship in the country requiring five years of uninterrupted habitation, Bailey would have to marry a Belgian to attain that passport. The length of residency required in Germany is normally eight years, meanwhile.

bundesliga.com has been told by a source close to the player that Bailey has “English ancestry; Malta by merit options,” though the chances of the attacker electing to turn out for the latter, ranked 158th in the world, would seem infinitesimally small, eligible or not. Not that Bailey is desperate to change his international allegiance.

“Jamaica is a wonderful country where it’s always summer and the people are happy,” he continued to Bild, “but I’m only interested in club football for now.”

Whomever Bailey one day lines up for internationally, they are sure to be a stronger team for his presence.

Michy Batshuayi has certainly looked at home in his first few weeks at Borussia Dortmund and the Belgium striker has now confessed how much he is enjoying life at the Bundesliga giants.

“At Chelsea I didn’t have it easy,” the loanee told Belgian outlet Sporza. “By contrast, it’s going really well here with my teammates and the fans. I was really welcomed. It’s just perfect here, like a family. That’s what I need.”

“Confidence is very, very important for a footballer. It’s fantastic. I always want to score in front of the Yellow Wall!”

A total of five goals in three games has proved the perfect tonic for BVB’s mid-season struggles, with Batshuayi’s social-media antics and self-proclaimed ‘Batsman’ status also causing hilarity among Bundesliga fans.

It all stands in stark contrast to the Belgian’s time at Chelsea. The Brussels native scored 12 goals in 26 games in all competitions for the Blues this season, but was allowed to leave on loan in January after the west London club brought in Olivier Giroud from Arsenal, who had initiated a three-way transfer merry go-round by signing Batshuayi’s Dortmund predecessor, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

“Sitting on the bench, scoring, sitting on the bench, scoring, only then to be on the bench again was hard,” said Batshuayi, whose contract at Chelsea runs until 2021, reflecting on the first half of the season at Stamford Bridge.

There is no option to buy in the loan deal that took Batshuayi to Dortmund, but however things pan out, the forward is making all the right noises and impressing all concerned in the Ruhr valley.

“It was a clever move to bring him here,” said Dortmund coach Peter Stöger. “Michy is the sort of player who fits perfectly into our style.”

“He does a lot of work for us,” said Batshuayi’s teammate Julian Weigl. “When we’re struggling to find a way through the opposition, he’s a player who holds it up well. That’s proving really, really good at the moment.”

Wherever Batshuayi ends up after his short-term spell in Germany, it’s safe to say he’ll always have a home in Dortmund.

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